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List:       newtontalk
Subject:    Re: [NTLK] Making some noise (recording and playback)
From:       "Michael C. Wittmann" <mwittmann () maine ! edu>
Date:       2005-10-30 21:45:07
Message-ID: 47A36401-A1D1-4BA0-A212-347E4B3752AD () maine ! edu
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Smiling as I reply to this:

> What an utter waste of bandwidth!

So talking about sound on the Newton isn't? To each their own. Let's  
not claim universal interest for every topic. That's why certain  
threads get deleted on my machine. No interest. Or I don't own the  
hardware being discussed. Or whatever.

I've never used the sound capabilities on the Newton, simply because  
I can't export them to a usable location for storage and retrieval  
later on. I consider that area of the Newton wasted space and wish  
they'd created a version without the speaker and just screen up  
there. (Yes, I've opened mine up, so I know there are parts of the  
motherboard up there. Still, couldn't they have, I don't know, shrunk  
it to just the screen size?)

Anyway, sound is cool, but from all I've read, I consider the sound  
quality, the difficulty in getting sound working, and so on, too  
large a hurdle to overcome. I don't love my Newton because of the  
sound, I love it because of the intuitive HWR and text based,  
interconnected, gesture driven interface. That's what's so beautiful  
about the machine. The rest is eye (or ear!) candy, and more power to  
those who love to use it that way.

Michael
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